The Power of Myth
By Joseph Campbell
"The Power of Myth" was published by Doubleday in 1988 - New York, NY, it has 231 pages and the language of the book is English.
“The Power of Myth” Metadata:
- Title: The Power of Myth
- Author: Joseph Campbell
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 231
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Publish Date: 1988
- Publish Location: New York, NY
“The Power of Myth” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Long Now Manual for Civilization - Campbell, Joseph, -- 1904- -- Interviews - Religion historians - Interviews - Myth - Mythologists - Mythology - Religion historians -- United States -- Interviews - Historiens de la religion - Mythe - Entretiens - Mythologists -- United States -- Interviews - Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987 -- Interviews - Folklore & Mythology - SOCIAL SCIENCE - Campbell, joseph, 1904-1987
- People: Joseph Campbell
- Places: United States
Edition Specifications:
- Format: Paperback
- Pagination: xix, 231 p.:
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL18318377M - OL2497171W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 17650532
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 88004218
- ISBN-10: 0385247737 - 0385247745
- All ISBNs: 0385247737 - 0385247745
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"The Power of Myth" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Editor's Note
- 2- Introduction by Bill Moyers
- 3- Myth and the Modern World
- 4- The Journey Inward
- 5- The First Storytellers
- 6- Sacrifice and Bliss
- 7- The Hero's Adventure
- 8- The Gift of the Goddess
- 9- Tales of Love and Marriage
- 10- Masks of Eternity
- 11- Index
- 12- Photo Credits
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"The Power of Myth" Description:
The Open Library:
Joseph Campbell, who died on October 31, 1987, was the world's foremost authority on mythology, a preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher whose work has had a profound influence on millions. To him, mythology was "the song of the universe, the music of the spheres." In The Power of Myth, he and distinguished journalist Bill Moyers offer a brilliant combination of wisdom and wit in conversations that range from modern marriage ("Marriage is a relationship. When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship") to virgin births, from savior figures to heroic figures such as Luke Skywalker from Star Wars ("...By overcoming the dark passions, the hero symbolizes our ability to control the irrational savages within us.") The Power of Myth is a great summing up of Joseph Campbell's work, sure to stand alongside his two celebrated classics The Hero With a Thousand Faces and The Masks of God and his recent The Atlas of World Mythology.
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